Category Archives: Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau remains optimistic that Canada, the United States and Mexico can strike a deal to modernize NAFTA that benefits all three countries. In an interview this week with The Canadian...

HALIFAX - As the fight against the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag ratchets up around the world, Atlantic Canada’s biggest municipality is looking to join the growing ranks of cities and countri...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau sees dark clouds on the political horizon: severe weather and income inequality begetting forced migration and a growing strain to feed the dispossessed, as well as the ever-pr...

MARIANNA, Fla. - Police say an 82-year-old Ontario man has been killed in a Florida jail, allegedly by his cellmate. Arthur Williams of Tillsonburg, Ont., was in custody after being charged for allege...

TORONTO - The case of an 11-year-old Toronto girl who made headlines when she falsely claimed that a scissors-wielding stranger had cut her hijab highlights the complex ethical issues that arise when ...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says six unauthorized sexual enhancement products have been seized from a convenience store north of Toronto. It says the products - 7K, Black Panther Gold 30K, Black Stallion P...

OTTAWA - After months of battling controversies, Bill Morneau’s spring budget has the potential to blunt some criticism by showing that a return to balanced books could be within striking distan...

CALGARY - The head coach of Canada’s long-track speedskating team is taking a leave of absence less than a month before the Winter Olympics. Speed Skating Canada says Michael Crowe is on leave &...

RED DEER, Alta. - A former Correctional Service Canada worker has admitted he helped an inmate escape from a federal prison in central Alberta. Peter Edgar pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court ...

CALGARY - Two-time Olympians Rosanna Crawford and Brendan Green headline Canada’s biathlon team for the next month’s Pyeongchang Games. Crawford and Green were part of the quartet that fin...